“The fact is, when I wrote Juno—and I think this is part of its charm and appeal—I didn’t know how to write a movie.”
Diablo Cody
“To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: ‘We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,’ and when you ask what’s left, they say: ‘Well, the typing is very good.’”
Writer/Director John Sayles
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.”
Mel Brooks
“You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.”
Hector Elizondo
